Splendid England

I watched the England v Trinidad & Tobago match early this morning. I was really enjoying myself with the quality of football comedy being shown on the telly. One thing's for sure, this is not the match you would like to show young kids on how to play football. You could try showing them the Spain match instead. Anyway, back to England. During the course of the match, i shouted KAYU!!! countless of times not because it's a fun thing to do but because the English players are really kayu (okla...it's quite fun to shout that also la).

Take the magnificent Peter Crouch for example. This tiang lampu managed a spectacular scissors kick at a beautiful cross from Becks. The technique was so brilliantly executed that he managed to find the smallest of gaps in between the goal post and the corner flag. Absolutely superb. In the end, he managed to get one header on target and he scored. That's after he fluffed 5 or 6 other chances. I cant understand why is he's chosen ahead of Defoe, Bent or Fowler. Fowler was in good form at the end of last season.

The match had everything, goalkeeper flapping at crosses, midfielders shooting at the stands instead of the goal, striker performing acrobatic stunts, and strikers heading everywhere else instead of the goal. Luckily they scored 2 goals in the end with Gerrard scoring a beauty of a goal. I'm sure Sven would have been savaged by the English press if they didnt. I'm looking forward to the next England match to see if there's another football comedy in store for me. :)

By the way, here are some quotable quotes from the commentator from the match.

Lampard - "he could be playing till midnight and he wouldn't score" when Lampard misses the goal yet again.

Crouch - "the ball hit Crouch instead of Crouch hitting the ball" when Crouch sent a header into the stands.

Sancho - "he would've needed a step ladder to get up there" when he tried to outjump Crouch for the header which Crouch scored from.

PS: I've never been an England supporter although i support Man United and watch the EPL. It's because of all the unnecessary hype surrounding England whenever they play. The press make them sound as if they are the best footballing nation in the world. Blimey!
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Update: I think kids should be shown the Argentina Serbia match instead. They can learn a thing or two about keeping the ball and passing it around. Then, they'll understand that football is a team game and that passing the ball around could also lead to goals, as shown in the first, second (this goal was the end product of 24 passes), and sixth goal. As for the fifth goal, some brilliant dribbling can also get the job done.

Anyway, does anybody here thinks that Paul Masefield looks and sounds weird when he's the host of the programme? His smiling-while-talking-look just amuses me. Hahaha.